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Watch more How to Make the Best Coffee videos: >My name is Mike Jones, and I'm a barista at Third Rail Coffee right by Washington Square Park in New York City. I'm going to teach you some basic coffee-making skills. Right, so now that we've ground, dosed, measured, and tamped, it's time to pull the perfect shot of espresso. Now I wish I could just tell you one thing that would result in the perfect shot, but unfortunately